Plastics company nearly ready to begin production

MIDLAND – A new plastics company that expects to hire approximately 20 people when it begins operations has moved into the former Bruin plant on Highway 12.
“We’re still setting up shop,” said Dominic Zita, general manager of Forte EPS Solutions Inc.
He noted it has taken almost a year to renovate the plant and install a range of high-tech equipment, some of which had to be shipped from overseas.
The company manufactures expanded polystyrene products for the construction industry, including roofing materials, exterior cladding, noise-dampening materials, bridge abutments, architectural moulding blocks and more.
Forte chose Midland for a number of reasons, said Zita, including a good local workforce and relatively close access to Highway 400 and markets both north and south of Simcoe County.
“Good people to work with, tax advantages to work up in Midland, good price on the building – overall, everything was positive,” he added.
Midland’s Fred Hook Ltd. and Norm’s Electrical Services have done a “tremendous job” over the past six months getting the plant’s systems ready, Zita said.
“We’ve been using all local people to help set up the shop,” he said.
The goal is to start production by the end of February with 20 employees. That number could grow as high as 50 within the next couple of years, Zita said.
Mayor Gord McKay, who has already received a tour of the renovated facility, said he is “overjoyed” to welcome Forte to Midland.
“It’s fabulous to see a brand-new company come to our community and say, ‘This is the place I want to set up.’”Click here for more information about Forte.